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UMPTEEN DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 13

During the “Umpteen Days of Christmas“, I’m giving away some really cool Reds-related stuff here on Better Off Red. Several Reds departments within the front office have graciously donated these prizes as a “thank you” for your support.

Congratulations to Day 12 winner – Jason Lawrence.

Today’s gifts are: One baseball signed by Jay Bruce and one Better Off Red t-shirt signed by no one. These items were generously donated by the Reds Authentics department and Burt BobbleRed.

If you’re interested in winning these awesome prizes, tell me why in the comments section below. One lucky winner will randomly be selected and announced tomorrow. Good luck!

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I would like to win because the Jay Bruce ball would go GREAT next to the Joey Votto one I got for a wedding present. And Ive been trying to win one of the *new* Better Off Red shirts ever since they came out. No dice.

I would love to have this prize so I can give it to my youngest grandson who looooooooooves Jay Bruce. He has been a good little boy this year (at least Grandma thinks so) and would love to have this signed baseball….Grandpa may have the BOR shirt (He’s been pretty good too).

My son is a huge Jay Bruce fan and would love this as a Christmas gift. He wasn’t able to get Jay at Redsfest this year so this would just top off his gift list and make up for us not getting in line soon enough. Merry Christmas BobbleBurt and Jamie

I’ve been a Reds fan since…well, longer than I can remember. I’ve been going to games since I was old enough to walk (literally!). I have a shelf in my living room that includes a Pete Rose autographed baseball, two Pete Rose books, and some dirt from the warming track at Riverfront stadium from 1985…would love to add the above ball to my collection and would wear the shirt with Reds Pride! (Don’t suppose you can throw in a dinner date with Bronson? <3 lol)

Please make this Christmas / New Year’s special for my 11yo son who treasures all things Reds. He was wide-eyed to get an Austin Kearns bobblehead from an uncle, so you can imagine that a gift like a ball signed by Jay would send him through the roof! His feet might not touch the ground for a week!! (Don’t worry, I’ll keep him tethered so he doesn’t float away.)

I would love to have the Better off Red T Shirt, love your blog! And I think it is a awesome looking shirt.
The baseball I would give to my son, big reds fan!! He would love it!
Have a wonderful Christmas Better off Red!!

Jay Bruce is number 2, better off red is number 1. Pick me “randomly” and I will wear that shirt to some pretty sweet place and take some pics of me wearing it there. I’m thinking… The arch in st. Louis, fishing on the lake in Chicago, no clue what in milwaukee, riding a bull in Houston and spitting on a terrible towl in Pittsburg!!!

These two items would look spectacular next to our lovely tree that we have in the living room, these items should be on display just like the beautiful tree. Fully appreciated and a great way to hold us over until 2012 ride to the world series champs…..drum roll please……..the Cincinnati Reds!!!!! And the crowd goes wild!

I need to win one of the contests because I’m selfish and I can’t let @mucusoffmybrain (a friend of mine) one up me as a contest winner. A Jay Bruce signed ball is exactly what I need to offset his #America game day worn hat by @mikeleake44.

My daughters (six and four) went to the last game this year – a rainy afternoon against the Astros. We sat in the second row of the mostly empty moondeck and Jay Bruce threw a ball to us between innings. Jay now has two fans for life – they love the guy. They have been asking every day when the season starts so they can see him again. I would like to get this ball so they each have a ball to keep in their room. Thanks, Joe.

I am in desperate need of a BOR tee-shirt! Think about it – if I were to receive the tee-shirt, everyone in Kansas City would find out how cool BOR was. And … People often tell me a Reds win or loss should not dictate whether I am in a good or bad mood, and my response to them is always the same – “let’s just hope the Reds win tonight.”

Bruce (and Stubbs) were kind enough to stop on the Streets of downtown Chicago to take a picture with my Husband on his 30th Birthday getaway weekend. He loves Jay Bruce and this would be a great rememberance of that weekend. I would have to keep the BOR shirt for myself :)

Jay Bruce is the one of the Reds I haven’t met. He’s very elusive. But I could settle for an autographed ball.
Plus, I have TWO irons that could iron out that BOR shirt. I feel like I’m highly qualified.

My 9 year old nephew loves Jay and even changed his little league number to 32. I took him too redsfest for the first time and he loved it but was very dissappointed we didn’t get Jays autograph. I would love to give him this for Christmas. He would be so surprised.

We were at the game they clinched in 2010. This would be a gift to my son. He was not born yet, but I begged and begged my wife (who was pregnant with him at the time) to go. She finally agreed because we are huge REDS fans. The crowd went wild and so did he. He was fired up and kicked continously from the crowd noise. It would be a great present and story to tell him when he is older.

My wife would love the Bruce signed ball. After 5 years of season tix (20 gamer) of sitting in the beautiful moon deck, the right fielder finally tossed a practice ball our way and she caught it! The only ball that ever came my way was in batting practice and it bruised my thumb for 2 months. We tried to get J.Bru to sign the ball at Redsfest, but we couldn’t get in the kids line. Thanks so much for your giving spirit!

I would love to win this baseball signed by Jay Bruce because who wouldnt want a ball signed by the person who got the Reds into the playoffs 2 years ago?? That was just about the best moment of my life… I was begging my parents to let me go down to the stadium to celebrate. But also, who wouldn’t want a shirt with the best blog ever on it?? Winning this would make my Christmas :) Thanks and go Redlegs!

Please choose my name for the winner of the baseball and shirt. I think you should choose my name because I am a Reds fan, and I would like to have a “lucky” shirt to wear to the hospital next week when I go in for surgery.

I deserve to win this because I’ve been waiting patiently for my dream gift package (1990 Todd Benzinger home jersey, Better Off Red t-shirt). I’m slowly realizing that this package isn’t going to happen, so I better ask try for one now before they are all gone.

Also, I introduced you to my daughter, Eleanor, at Reds Fest and you liked her name. Her favorite player is Jay Bruce. Make young Eleanor a happy 4-year-old.

I would love to have a Jay BRUUUUUUUUUUCE ball to display with his bobblehead counterpart. I also am still without one of the legendary BOR shirts. I’d love to wear it proudly in Kansas and expand the loyal BOR following.

After 107 other comments you probably won’t make it this far but I guess I’ll give it a shot anyways. I would love to send you a picture of me in the BOR t-shirt but to do so I first need a BOR t-shirt. I also would really like to have the Jay Bruce baseball. Thanks and Go Reds!!!

I would like these gifts because I am starting to build a wall of balls like the HOF with Pete Rose balls, and this would get me started in my man cave. Also with the shirt I could look good while working on building the wall o’ balls.

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